Before Bancomercio and Crumbs and Coffee . . .

The building at 1735 Columbia Road, NW was the Barney Senior Center for a long long time.    There was a map of Central and South America drawn on the outside wall of the building.  Neighborhood children would come and go to the center because it was affiliated with Barney Neighborhood House, a place on 16th Street that served the community's young people.  Here, 4 Brownie Scouts use the outside wall with the map on it to facilitate in their acrobatics.